Catching up

Whew, it's been a long time.  Here are some things that I have been working on, but never got around to posting.

I still have not learned how to successfully make a shaker card!  The sequins keep getting stuck!  I used the package from a set of heart doilies and glued it down to cardstock to make this card.  The rose is from rose garden thinlits from Stampin Up.

The dies are hey, hi, hello from Wplus9 that I bought at Simon Says Stamp. 

The pumpkin is a Tim Holtz Sizzix Bigz die called Jack o Lanterns.  The arrows are from a Stampin Up set called Draw the Line and the words are from a set called Big Scripty Greetings by Simon Says Stamp.

The birch tree die is from Taylored expression and the sentiment is from Stampin Up's set called Antique Tags.  Love the Pacific Point and white for nice contrast.

The background card and the wood ornament are from the Project Life kits available from Stampin Up.  I believe this is from the seasonal kit.  The ornament top is from the Stampin Up set Sparkly Seasons.  Thanks for looking - Heidi.

Ornamental Christmas Card

Here's a quick card using the new Delicate Ornament Thinlits Dies from Stampin Up.  For this card I embossed the background using the
Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  The ornaments were cut from red and green foil paper.  The sentiment is from the matching stamp set called Embellished Ornaments in Poppy Parade ink.  This is a 4 X 6 card.  Not too hard and nice to look at. - Heidi

Sympathy and Flowers

My husband's co-worker had her mother pass away and he asked me to make a card for her.  Had to play with some of the new stuff.  Take a look.

 

 

The card uses the following dies:

Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies, Bold Blooms Matching by Julie Ebersole and

Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies, Bold Blossom Stand-Alone by Julie Ebersole.  Both of these dies can be purchased at ellenhutson.com.

 

The sentiment is from Stampin Up's Brighter Tomorrows.  The pearls are from Oriental Trading Company.

 

When I was assembling this card I started to dislike it.  I think next time I will turn the card horizontally.  It seems crowded to me. - Heidi

 

 

Cuties Miss you

I love to recycle.  If I see and ad or a box or anything that catches my eye I will make it into a card.  I got this in the mail a while ago.  It is for my dogs' heartworm pills.  The puppy and kitty were so cute that I wanted to "extend" their usefulness into a card.  Below is the ad.

 

And here is the card!

 

I matched the cardstock to the cat's eyes.  The color would be Summer Sun from Stampin Up which is sadly, long retired.  The stamp is from a retired set called You're a Gem.  The "miss you" is an old Cuttlebug die.  I'm proud of how I cleverly covered up those words in the corner with my little scalloped circle.  Enjoy your day! - Heidi

Calypso Roses

I am a die and punch addict.  When I saw this die I knew I had to have it.  It is called blooming roses card panel die can be purchased here.

The paper is watercolor wonder DSP from Stampin Up.  I made the rose with my Calypso Coral re-inker, some of that white foamy clay and a mold from Mod Podge.  Thanks for looking! - Heidi

Humorous Birthday Cards

March is full of birthdays for me.  Mine was the 16th.  Two of my friends and my sister's birthday are on the 23rd.  Here are the cards I sent to them.

The above cards use a stamp set called Humorous Birthday from Inkadinkado.  The Designer Series Paper DSP is from Stampin Up and is called Watercolor Wonder.  The pennants dies are actually banners framelits dies from Stampin Up. - Heidi

One Sticker - Two Ways!

Recently when I was at Goodwill I saw this book of stickers for only 99 cents.  So of course I had to buy them and try to make cards from them.  I made a few cards, which I will share with you over the next few days, but then I got bored.  The stickers are from K & Company Beyond Postmarks, Sentiments vellum stickers.

 

This is what the sticker pad looks like.

I wanted the stickers to NOT look like stickers when I made them into cards.  For the first card I used gold and white sequins.  The color of these stickers matches Hello Honey from Stampin' Up exactly.

The second card uses yellow epoxy "bubble" stickers that my friend Karen gave to me.  They don't look much like stickers to me anymore.  I'd love to know what you think! - Heidi

Corner Garden

I have seen examples of this technique on Pintrest and Splitcoaststampers.  The image is heat embossed with white powder and then you color on it with markers.  The first time I saw this the woman used Sharpie markers to color on the embossed areas.  It's rather difficult as the marker gets clogged up with bits of embossing gunk and you have to wipe it off now and again.

Not too bad, but I have to say that I don't think that I will make another card like it.  The sentiment is from A Round Array and is also embossed.  The flowers are a stamp called Flower Garden by Stampin' Up. Have a lovely day! - Heidi

Graphic 45: April

Here is my card for April using the Graphic 45 paper called A Place in Time.

The sentiment is from A Muse art stamps.  The flower is from Something to Say by Stampin' Up. Have a great day. - Heidi

Graphic 45 - February

My card for today features the Graphic 45 paper A Place in Time.  This is for the month of February.  The stamps I used were from the Banner Banter set from Stampin' Up.  The cardstock and ink colors are Bravo Burgundy and Pretty in Pink.

A little valentine card.  I hope you enjoy! - Heidi

Work of Art: Sneak Peek

By now you have seen many examples of the new set Work of Art from Stampin' Up that will be in the new catalog come June 1, 2014. Here is my humble addition to all those sneak peek samples.

Not overly impressive, but certainly simple. - Heidi

Sporty Lego Girls

I found these Lego patches at Goodwill and thought that I might be able to use them for a card or two.  I used my scalloped tag topper punch and glued the girls to their own tag.  Then I lined the bottom of each tag with a row of Legos.  This idea was a mimic of the card that the patches came on and I thought it was a clever copy.  Just a fun quick group of cards for Lego/sport loving kids.

The sentiment is from a set by A Muse.  Hope you enjoy! - Heidi

Slider Cards?

I got an ad in the mail from US Cellular for the new Samsung Galaxy S5.  The ad shows a phone on the front with the screen cut-out and you pull the inside paper through to change the screen's picture.  It was very cool so I thought I can do that!  Here, after much frustration, are the end results.  I may post directions later, please let me know if you are interested.

This is the view closed. Stamps used: Gorgeous Grunge, LOL from Hero Arts and some birthday sets from Papertrey Ink.

The view open. The "screen" changes.

Another try with brown embossing powder and shiny, girly paper. Not sure about this version. 

Above is closed and below is open.

An all Stampin' Up version.  This was tricky because I had to cut the window out twice and cut the frame by hand.  Very time consuming!

My last one closed and then open.  These fit nicely in a #10 envelope as they are 8 1/2" long.  Hope you like them. - Heidi

Paint chip card in pictures

I thought I'd give a quick picture tutorial on how to make an easy paint chip card.

 

 Obtain a paint chip from the local hardware store.  This is a True Value brand paint chip card.

Look! How nice of them to tell you what color to use for the card base.  I chose Bravo Burgundy to match their suggested compliment color.

Assemble a sentiment (mine is from All Holidays), some embossing powder and VersaMark (you could just regular stamp the words too).  Grab a background stamp (Off the Grid) and matching ink.  Stamp and emboss the A2 card base as you please.

Punch out your butterflies (or whatever floats your boat) and adhere to the card with double-sided tape.

Not too bad for a quick card!  I did try stamping with Staz-On before punching the butterflies.  The Staz-on smeared and I had to sacrifice the whole paint chip card.  The paint chip cards are a bit shiny and are hard to stamp on so if you choose to stamp the butterflies out with Papillion Potpourri make sure you don't smear and let it completely dry before punching. Have fun! - Heidi

Background Basics

In keeping with the layout from my previous card - I thought I'd make a "Stampin' Up" version.  I am a demonstrator and I have several friends that are also demonstrators so I like to make cards that they could copy or get ideas from.

Card Size: 5 X 7

Cardstock: Always Artichoke and Crumb Cake.

Inks: Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Brocade Blue and Baked Brown Sugar.

Stamps: Backyard Basics, Gorgeous Grunge and Off the Grid.

Accessories: blender pen, paint brush, Backyard Basics die set.

- Heidi

Willow Leaf Card

Yesterday I spent a good deal of time messing around making this card.  I don't think it turned out half bad and I would have to say that it was out of my comfort zone.

This is a 5 X 7 card.  I had to go with a bigger size because the willow leaf stamp from PSX was so tall.  I used Handsome Hunter, Wild Wasabi, Old Olive inks.  The background uses Off the Grid and Gorgeous Grunge and the sentiment is Phrases 2 from Tim Holtz. Have a great day - Heidi

Petite Petals

Happy March!  It snowed a fair amount here last night - maybe about four inches.  I am ready for Spring and to see the grass again!  Here is a nice flowery card to help move things along - I wish!

Ingredients:

Cardstock: Pistachio Pudding, Summer Starfruit, Pool Party and Crisp Cantaloupe.

Paper: Sweet Sorbet DSP

Stamps: Petite Petals & Flower Shop

Punches: matching punches for Petite Petals & Flower Shop and EK Success Chinese Knot large edger punch.

Have a warm day! - Heidi

The card that won World Cardmaking at Papercrafts.

I have figured out how to show you a picture of the card that won The World Cardmaking Contest with Papercrafts magazine.  It is below:

Sets used on this card are Gorgeous Grunge and six-sided sampler from Stampin' Up.

If you are a subscriber to the magazine you can see the entire March issue HERE.

If you would like to subscribe you can follow this LINK and purchase a copy of the magazine.

Thanks for looking - Heidi

Golden Heart

I came across this image on Pintrest and thought it would make a nice card. 

Once I saw the Hardwood stamp from Stampin' Up I knew I could make the card perfectly.

The leaf stamp is Aspen from Rubber Stampede. - Heidi

Lil Inker Cards

I received a die and stamp set from Lil Inker when I won the World Cardmaking Contest.  I really like them and I may order more!

These cards are 5 X 7.  They use Calypso Coral and Pool Party cardstock from Stampin' Up. The set is called Spot On and the die is Connected Circles from Lil Inker.

I wanted to make a card that wasn't horizontal also.  I used some More Amore SU DSP along with the Spot On stamp set.  Then I diecut some letters to put inside the circles.  The flower is from Secret Garden by SU. I just pressed it into their Simply Pressed Clay, let it dry, cut it out and "painted" it with reinkers. - Heidi